Lesson Y9-U05-L04

Women & the Family in Nazi Germany Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U05-L04, Women & the Family in Nazi Germany: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Life in Nazi Germany, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What did the Nazi women's slogan 'Kinder, Kuche, Kirche' mean?

    • Children, kitchen, church
    • Duty, honour, country
    • Work, wealth, welfare
    • Health, home, happiness

  2. Which Mother's Cross was awarded to mothers of eight or more children?

    • Bronze cross
    • Silver cross
    • Platinum cross
    • Gold cross

  3. What was the main purpose of the Lebensborn programme?

    • Elite boarding schools
    • Orphanages for refugees
    • Secret weapons factories
    • Aryan breeding homes

  4. How large was a Nazi marriage loan in 1933?

    • 500 marks
    • 100 marks
    • 10,000 marks
    • 1,000 marks

  5. How did having a child affect a Nazi marriage loan?

    • Cancelled entirely
    • Added no benefit
    • Doubled the debt
    • Cancelled 25 percent

  6. From 1934, what share of university places could go to women?

    • 25%
    • 50%
    • 5%
    • 10%

  7. Which professional women were forced out of their jobs from 1933?

    • Factory workers
    • Doctors and civil servants
    • Farm labourers
    • Nurses and cleaners

  8. Why did women's employment rise again by 1939 in Nazi Germany?

    • Feminist protests
    • Falling birth rates
    • Equal pay laws
    • Rearmament labour shortages

  9. Which women were Hitler Youth boys required to salute in the street?

    • League leaders
    • Gold cross mothers
    • Female Nazi doctors
    • Female factory workers

  10. What subjects did the German Women's League (NS-Frauenschaft) teach women?

    • Domestic skills
    • Foreign languages
    • Military combat
    • Advanced engineering

  11. Which appearance was part of the Nazi ideal for German women?

    • No make-up
    • Heavy cosmetics
    • Dyed blonde hair
    • Western fashion

  12. Why was the Mother's Cross policy discriminatory?

    • Favoured working mothers
    • Helped only fathers
    • Targeted racially pure
    • Rewarded all families

  13. What economic factor caused the German birth rate to rise in the mid-1930s?

    • Mass immigration
    • Depression recovery
    • Lower housing costs
    • Food rationing

  14. Why did the Nazis push for an increased birth rate?

    • Aryan population growth
    • Tax revenue needs
    • Colonial expansion plans
    • Industrial automation

  15. Which methods did the Nazis combine to push women out of professional jobs?

    • Exile and imprisonment
    • Sackings and loans
    • Curfews and fines
    • Strikes and protests

  16. By what year did female employment rise again because workers were needed?

    • 1933
    • 1935
    • 1939
    • 1945

  17. Under Nazi policy, what was a woman's role in 'Kirche' expected to be?

    • Devoted to family
    • Party leader
    • Career focused
    • Active in politics

  18. Which Nazi aim for women proved the least successful due to city resistance?

    • Ideal look
    • Childbirth targets
    • Marriage loans
    • Employment ban

  19. What key method did the Nazis use to push women back into the home?

    • Equal pay
    • Free childcare
    • Universal suffrage
    • Marriage loans

  20. A couple took a 1,000-mark marriage loan and then had four children. How much of the loan was still to repay?

    • 500 marks
    • 0 marks
    • 750 marks
    • 250 marks

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